graler
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The evening started out innocently enough. I have a storage area above my garage. Over the years original packaging from computers, printers ... you name it has been stored. The products that the packaging contained are long gone. A mountain of boxes remains. Every year at Christmas time I look at those boxes. When the weather is cool / cold outside I am clearing that crap out. You see I live in Texas - that attic gets very hot in the summer - not the time of year to tackle that mountain. This is the time of year.
We started with garbage day two weeks ago. Several boxes were brought down and recycled. This would take several recycle days. Today was recycle day two. The bike is in the garage under the area that we are working. Most of the attic has plywood flooring on it so you can walk around. My son was working up front and changed his footing to get some leverage on a large box. I heard a little grunt then a bang. He was gone and there was magically more light in the attic. My son stepped off the plywood and put his weight on the sheet rock. My son was not in the attic any longer. He took the express route to the garage - fell 9 feet to the floor. Actually this is where the stiffy kit comes in. He landed on the back end of the motorcycle. So six or so feet to the motorcycle then to the floor.
No broken bones, no stitches - he will have one mighty large bruise on his left buttocks. There is a boy sized hole in the ceiling of the garage - I say boy but he is 6'2" and 190 lbs.
The bike did not fall over. The hard cases are free of scratches. He landed on the tail plate where i mount the pelican case (i can't believe that he didn't slice his leg open on that plate). The garage door was closed and no harm to it. The damage is contained to the passenger handle - that is broken on both sides where it meets the frame. Both the rear fender pieces are cracked. That stiffy kit saved the frame. My smuggler lost the plate across the bottom (rivets pulled out - I will need to noodle that fix a little). That is all I can see now. There might be some additional damage to the tail piece once I remove the plate for the pelican. Wish me luck.
Very thankful I am not in the ER with waiting for stitches or a broken bone to be cast.
Joe
We started with garbage day two weeks ago. Several boxes were brought down and recycled. This would take several recycle days. Today was recycle day two. The bike is in the garage under the area that we are working. Most of the attic has plywood flooring on it so you can walk around. My son was working up front and changed his footing to get some leverage on a large box. I heard a little grunt then a bang. He was gone and there was magically more light in the attic. My son stepped off the plywood and put his weight on the sheet rock. My son was not in the attic any longer. He took the express route to the garage - fell 9 feet to the floor. Actually this is where the stiffy kit comes in. He landed on the back end of the motorcycle. So six or so feet to the motorcycle then to the floor.
No broken bones, no stitches - he will have one mighty large bruise on his left buttocks. There is a boy sized hole in the ceiling of the garage - I say boy but he is 6'2" and 190 lbs.
The bike did not fall over. The hard cases are free of scratches. He landed on the tail plate where i mount the pelican case (i can't believe that he didn't slice his leg open on that plate). The garage door was closed and no harm to it. The damage is contained to the passenger handle - that is broken on both sides where it meets the frame. Both the rear fender pieces are cracked. That stiffy kit saved the frame. My smuggler lost the plate across the bottom (rivets pulled out - I will need to noodle that fix a little). That is all I can see now. There might be some additional damage to the tail piece once I remove the plate for the pelican. Wish me luck.
Very thankful I am not in the ER with waiting for stitches or a broken bone to be cast.
Joe
